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Monday, 30 March 2015

Drama queens: Shocker of married men who like being babied

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Men used to have more money than
women back in the day. To keep love alive and flowing in marriage, wives had no
choice but to be ridiculously submissive, through strange gestures like helping
husbands dress up when leaving and undress upon arriving home, as a way of
charming them (especially the tight-fisted ones) into opening their fat
wallets. However, due to the dynamics of the modern day division of labour
where most women, like their husbands, bring home the bacon, things have
changed. Wives, just like their working husbands, get home when they are
extremely tired. And the last thing they want is to ‘babysit’ husbands by doing
everything for them, including simple things they can do by themselves.
Childish hubbies A few overburdened women have put their feet down, and
successfully staged ‘coups’ in their homes and now call the shots. And true to
form, many married men have lost control of their homes, and have since been
turned into figureheads. Take, for instance, the tale told of a husband,
secretly suffering in a Nairobi estate. Whenever he messes around, his wife
allegedly beats him up while screaming, “Wuuuii Ngai fafa! Ndiri na u?ru (Don’t
kill me God! I have no bad intentions!),” creating the impression that she is
the one being beaten. This, she does knowing very well men never cry, at least
loudly. Even if he were to tell people his wife batters him, who would believe
him, anyway? Thus, she plays victim to sympathetic neigbours the following day,
but firmly remains in control of the household. Interestingly, such is the case
in many homes.